November starters thread 3 - the one where we get eggy burbs 😂

[Mounjaropen]

Follow on from this thread kindly started by @keepcalmandgiveitago

www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5210618-november-mounjaro-starters-thread-2?page=40&reply=140196790

I didn't and I'm debating whether to or not today. I'm still stubbornly cycling up and down the same 1lb so I basically made myself ill and miserable for nothing. Yesterday I felt 'normal' again in a good way and I'm starting to think I'd rather be fat and enjoy my life while trying to eat more mindfully. Choosing to jab later feels like choosing to give myself IBS (which I never had prior to Mountjaro), bloating and heartburn plus niggling gall bladder pain. It's starting to feel insane.

In today’s Times.

Nice, the health watchdog, has ruled that 3.4 million adults are eligible for Mounjaro, the most effective so far in a revolutionary new class of anti-obesity injections. But a lack of NHS capacity means only 220,000 of these patients, fewer than one in ten, will be given the drug over the next three years, after spending years on waiting lists.

The arrival of weight-loss jabs has created a two-tier system for slimming down. Wealthy patients happy to pay £150 a month can easily get their hands on the miracle drugs, but anyone hoping to get them on the NHS may have to wait for years.

The drugs could ultimately “benefit a larger population”, because one in four adults in the UK — nearly 15 million people — are considered obese, meaning they have a BMI of more than 30.The rollout of Mounjaro will begin next year to patients who are already receiving care in specialist NHS weight-loss services

starting week 7 for me. about to do jab of 5mg. I've lost only 7lbs in the 7 weeks but I keep telling myself that it's more than I would have lost if I hadn't started. I'm now aware of how much food i was eating compared to how much i need to eat to lose or maintain.

I've bought very little special Christmas treats. In the past I'd have a very full stocked Christmaas snack cupboard by now.

Medexpress replied to my email last night. I sent them prescription evidence and they're dispatching my pen today. I used a code on here. The price difference is huge, £113 compared to the £214 that Boy wanted for the same order.

👋🏻 I’m not even going to say it. You all know the drill by now 😂 Christmas party tonight and history tells me even the smallest amount of alcohol causes significant water retention so my milestone is at least guaranteed not to be hit for another few days at least. 4th 2.5 jab tonight.

Hi all,

how are you? I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this, or whether I have faulty scales! Apologies in advance for the TMI!!

so i weighed myself this morning before eating or drinking and then weighed myself after about 30 mins after after using the toilet (still hadn’t eaten or drank anything) and I was over 1.5lbs heavier?! What is that all about! I dont seem to be loosing any weight, at least for the past 10 days, but my clothes are looser?

what do we think? Weird body or faulty scales? lol

anyone experience anything similar?

wishing you all luck on your weight loss journeys xx

Morning all,

6kg down since starting today and no longer ‘obese’

Sw 91.4 kg
CW 85.4 kg
GW 70 kg

Congratulations!

Scales I’d say. My old ones used to do that. They used to change their mind whilst I was stood on them 🤔

I’ve got two big sessions this weekend. I will not be hitting 12 stone 8 as I’d hoped my the end of this week. I’m stuck on 12st 11.8lb but I’ll take that for now…15 stone 13 is just around the corner for you - I can feel it!

Keep buggering on!

Well done so far. I’m officially a stone down in 4.5 weeks but my clothes are looser as I’m toning up so I’ll take that.

i’ve found medexpress to be both efficient and competitive.

Everyone is different. It might be that you are intolerant to MJ but not to one of the other jabs? In your shoes I probably wouldn’t do any differently. I hope you are ok.

Hi all,
joining your thread for accountability and encouragement.
SW 13st6lb
CW 12st8lb
W5D4 -12lb
No real side effects. Bit of nausea but only a few times.
starting some strength training this week to build the muscle I need to kickstart my metabolism 🤞🤞
havent been sble to shift weight since Menopause so hoping this is the start of new me.
good luck all.

💪🏻 feeling fitter is just fab. My tennis lessons the last two weeks have been way easier since I built up stamina on the treadmill every day. You don’t have to do a lot to reap massive rewards.

Well done!

meal plan today for me:

Boiled egg if I feel lethargic this morning,
2 salmon fillets (poached in a good splash of white wine, slice of lemon and a knob of butter wrapped in a foil packet baked in the oven for 15 mins at 180) served with steamed broccoli and rocket.
Tropical fruit salad
4 mejool dates

Welcome! Menopause weight is the worst, isn’t it? Well done getting to 12st 8!

@Mounjaropen @PinkArt I am amazed at how easier exercise is by just losing over a stone. I feel as though I will be like Bambi once I reach just being overweight.

I am now seriously considering a cheap gym membership in the New Year in order to tone up the flabby bits.There is one I could walk to in 20 mins

If it helps to say it then please do JasonTindallsTan we’re here for all the stuff we can’t or don’t want to say out loud IRL :)

As another lovely poster put it, the Mounjaro ‘friends in your phone’! 😊 x

Snap! Although my Christmas party was last week. I actually look thinner but the scales are stubbornly refusing to move. Grr. Also taking dose 4 of 2.5mg tonight.

🙌🏻 let’s do this!

what are you going to do about the bonus dose?

Although actually, @JasonTindallsTan, try weighing in the morning after a big night out - sometimes I find that the alcohol dehydration makes me lighter. Random but true!

I felt so tired and couldn’t face exercise. I know, I know it gives you energy. But every time I tried I ended up injured. 🤦🏻‍♀️
losing the 10+lbs has really made me feel like I could actually do something. Feeling lighter and more motivated. Joined a local gym. 1st class tomorrow morning.
also, I have found that electrolytes really help with the post party bloating. I actually take them daily along with MCT and collagen in the morning. Staves off the tummy flutters till Brunch.

Oh I get that too but staying in a hotel tonight so know by the time I get home the water retention will have well and truly kicked in as my body freaks out and retains every drop I drink as i rehydrate the following morning. I know this happens. But it still gets me demented.

@JasonTindallsTan Are you going to do the Golden jab? I've got my last 2.5mg jab tonight as well and I'm going to extract the last bit.

Had my 5mg pen being delivered today. I hope moving up to 5mg kick starts your losses. 💪

I bought extra needles and syringes so am going to try to extract a slightly bigger dose as the bonus dose. I’m not wasting it - too expensive! Also if I do that, it means I take the first 5mg on the 19th or 20th, and I finish work on the 20th so can stay at home if there are any side effects. Also it’ll probably have worn off by Christmas Day - enough to enjoy it, anyway!

😢 I’m so sorry Jabtastic it sounds like you might be leaving us! Please will you stay in touch though? and let us know how you’re doing??

I don’t know if this might inform your final decision or not, but when my gallbladder was getting bad I was getting a lot of the same symptoms you listed - IBS symptoms, bloating (I often looked 8 months pregnant!) and heartburn. So could it be gallbladder related? Def worth booking in with your Gp, they can refer you for an Ultrasound which is usually quick to come through and will tell you 100% if there’s any issue there